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Mary loves Sunday mornings and the spirituals that give her, Mama and other enslaved people hope.

Investigate borders with these lesson ideas from the Smithsonian Institution Center for Cultural and Folklife Heritage.

I used to tell my art students that some of the best art comes from mistakes. It seems the same is true for teaching. If we can be flexible enough to recognize the lesson in mistakes, we can go a long way with our students.

Over dinner recently, I learned of my niece’s concern about her high school administrators removing the Kony 2012 posters that had been plastered all over the school. Kony 2012, a global campaign and viral video released by the nonprofit Invisible Children earlier this month, had fired her up and inspired her. My sister was thrilled to see her daughter so taken with a cause and so committed to having impact.

The removal of Confederate statues around the United States can prompt discussions in the classroom over the nature of history and how we should remember our country’s past.

Body image ideals, like race and gender, are social constructs that have grown out of a combination of history, politics, class, and moral values. One need look back only a few generations, or across cultures, to see